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Stanford. Explore Stanford. Main Content A Societal Mission. Stanford was founded almost 150 years ago on a bedrock of societal purpose. Our mission is to contribute to the world by educating students for lives of leadership and contribution with integrity; advancing fundamental knowledge and cultivating creativity; leading in pioneering research for effective clinical therapies; and ...
Die Leland Stanford Junior University (kurz Stanford University oder Stanford, Spitzname „Die Farm“) ist eine private US-amerikanische Universität in Stanford, Kalifornien. Sie liegt etwa 60 Kilometer südöstlich von San Francisco in der Nähe von Palo Alto und wurde von Leland Stanford und seiner Ehefrau Jane Stanford im Jahr 1891 im ...
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California. It was founded in 1885 by Leland Stanford —a railroad magnate who served as the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California —and his wife, Jane , in memory of their only child, Leland Jr . [2]
Stanford students come from across the U.S. and the world, representing diverse experiences, backgrounds and cultures. The university offers substantial financial aid to help families manage the costs.
No matter where you live or work, Stanford offers learning opportunities that empower you to feed your curiosity, seek meaning, and engage wholeheartedly in the world. Learning for Exploration and Enrichment. Stanford students create and apply knowledge by thinking and doing, preparing for leadership in a rapidly changing world.
Stanford has had 36 Nobel Prize winners since the university’s founding and is tied among research universities for the most Nobel Prizes won since 2000. We are equally purposeful in thinking actively about the ethical implications of our research and its application in the broader world.
When railroad magnate and former California Gov. Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford, lost their only child, Leland, Jr., to typhoid in 1884, they decided to build a university as the most fitting memorial, and deeded to it a large fortune that included the 8,180-acre Palo Alto stock farm that became the campus.
